Method and electronic device for displaying content

Abstract

An electronic device includes: a communication module configured to receive a content; a direction detection unit configured to detect a direction that a screen of the electronic device faces; a control unit configured to determine whether to display the received content on the basis of a least one of whether the received content corresponds to a designated content and whether the detected direction corresponds to a designated direction; and a display module configured to display a notification notifying the reception of the content without displaying the content if the detected direction does not correspond to the designated direction and the received content corresponds to the designated content according to a determination result of the control unit.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A wearable electronic device, configured to be worn on a wrist of a body comprising:
 a transceiver configured to receive a content; 
 a sensor configured to detect whether a screen is on a palm side of the wrist or a knuckle side of the wrist; 
 one or more processors configured to determine whether to display the received content on the basis of whether the received content corresponds to a designated content and whether the screen is on the palm side of the wrist or the knuckle side of the wrist; and 
 wherein the screen is configured to display a notification notifying the reception of the designated content without displaying the designated content, when a location of the screen is the knuckle side of the wrist, and the received content corresponds to the designated content, and 
 wherein the screen is configured to display the designated content when the location of the screen is on the palm side of the wrist. 
 
     
     
       2. The wearable electronic device according to  claim 1 , wherein when the received content corresponds to the designated content, the sensor detects whether the screen is on the palm side of the wrist or the knuckle side of the wrist; and when the received content does not correspond to the designated content, the screen displays the received content. 
     
     
       3. The wearable electronic device according to  claim 1 , wherein when the location of the screen is on the knuckle side of the wrist, the one or more processors determine whether the received content corresponds to the designated content; and when the location of the screen is on the palm side of the wrist, the screen displays the received content. 
     
     
       4. The wearable electronic device according to  claim 3 , wherein when the location of the screen is the knuckle side of the wrist and the received content does not correspond to the designated content, the screen displays the received content. 
     
     
       5. The wearable electronic device according to  claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors control the sensor to detect whether the location of the screen is on the knuckle side of the wrist after the notification is displayed; and the screen displays the content when the location of the screen switches to the palm side of the wrist. 
     
     
       6. The wearable electronic device according to  claim 5 , wherein the location of the screen about the wrist is switched by a rotation of the wearable electronic device. 
     
     
       7. The wearable electronic device according to  claim 1 , wherein a control unit determines whether the wearable electronic device is positioned within a predetermined distance from a user; and if the wearable electronic device is positioned out of the predetermined distance from the user, the screen displays a notification notifying the reception of the content on the screen without displaying the content. 
     
     
       8. The wearable electronic device according to  claim 1 , wherein the designated content is information pre-defined as a personal content. 
     
     
       9. The wearable electronic device according to  claim 1 , wherein the wearable electronic device is a wearable device having a flexible display; and the direction that the screen faces is a direction that a portion of the flexible display in an active state faces. 
     
     
       10. The wearable electronic device according to  claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises an artery recognition sensor, or a skeleton recognition sensor. 
     
     
       11. The wearable electronic device according to  claim 1 , wherein the transceiver receives, from another electronic device operating in a functional linkage with the wearable electronic device a determination result on whether the received content corresponds to the designated content; and the one or more processors determine whether the received content corresponds to the designated content on the basis of the received determination result. 
     
     
       12. A method of displaying content on a wearable electronic device configured to be worn on a finger of a body, the method comprising:
 receiving a content; 
 determining whether the content corresponds to a designated content; 
 when the content corresponds to the designated content, detecting a location of a screen about the finger of the body; 
 determining whether the location of the screen about the finger of the body is on an inner side of the finger or an outer side of the finger; and 
 when the detected location of the screen is not the inner side of the finger, displaying a notification notifying the reception of the content on the screen. 
 
     
     
       13. The method according to  claim 12 , further comprising:
 after the displaying of the notification, detecting the location of the screen about the finger of the body; and 
 when the location of the screen switches to the inner side of the finger of the body, displaying the content on the screen. 
 
     
     
       14. The method according to  claim 13 , wherein the location of the screen on the finger is switched by a rotation of the wearable electronic device. 
     
     
       15. The method according to  claim 12 , further comprising:
 determining whether the wearable electronic device is positioned within a predetermined distance from a user; and 
 when the wearable electronic device is positioned out of the predetermined distance from the user, not displaying the content of the screen. 
 
     
     
       16. The method according to  claim 12 , further comprising when the content corresponds to the designated content and the location of the screen is the inner side of the finger, displaying the content on the screen. 
     
     
       17. The method according to  claim 12 , further comprising when the content does not correspond to the designated content, displaying the content on the screen. 
     
     
       18. The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the designated content is information pre-defined as a personal content. 
     
     
       19. The method according to  claim 12 , wherein determining of whether the content corresponds to the designated content comprises: receiving a determination result, from another electronic device operating in a functional linkage with the electronic device, on whether the received content corresponds to the designated content; and determining whether the received content corresponds to the designated content on the basis of the received determination result.